【正文】 gave us when we went so unwi l ingly to school . A gr eat many f or mer pupi ls wi l l be at tending a f ar ewel dinner in hi s honour next Thursday. I t is a cur i ous coincidence that the day bef ore hi s ret ir em ent , Mr Page wil l have been teachi ng for a t otal of for ty years. Aft er he has r et ir ed, he wi l devote him sel f to gardening. For hi m, thi s wil l be an ent ir ely new hobby. But t his does not mat ter, f or, as he has of ten r emarked, one i s never too ol d to learn. Lesson86 O ut of cont rol 失控 As t he man t ri ed to swi ng the speed boat round, the steeri ng wheel came away i n his hands. He waved desperat el y to his pani on, who had been water skii ng for t he last f if teen mi nut es. Bot h men had har dly had t im e to r ealize what was happening when t hey were t hrown vi olent1y i nt o t he sea. The speed boat had str uck a buoy, but i t cont inued to m ove ver y quickly across the wat er. Both men had just begun to swi m towar ds t he shor e. when t hey not iced wi th di sm ay that he speedboat was moving i n a cir cl e. I t now came str aight towards t hem at tr em endous speed. I n l ess t han a minute, it r oar ed past t hem only a f ew f eet away. Aft er it had passed, they swam on as qui ckl y as they coul d because they knew t hat the boat would soon ret ur n. They had j ust had enough t ime t o swi m out of danger when t he boat agai n pleted a ci rcle. On t his occasion, however , i t had sl owed down considerably. The petr ol had nearl y al been used up. Bef ore l ong, t he noi se dr opped pl et ely and t he boat began t o dri ft gentl y acr oss t he water . Lesson87 A perf ect al ibi 極好的不在犯罪現(xiàn)場的證據(jù) 39。 to people on t hei r way t o work. This wi l l r eli eve pr esure on t he tr ains to som e ext ent . Meanwhi le, a number of univer si t y st udent s have vol unt er ed to dr ive buses whi le the str ike l asts. Al l t he young m en ar e exper t dri ver s, but bef ore t hey dri ve any of t he buses, t hey wi l l have to pass a speci al t est . The students ar e goi ng to take the t est in two days39。 Lesson84 On st rike 罷工 Busmen have deci ded t o go on str ike next week. The str ike i s due t o begin on Tuesday. No one knows how l ong it wi l last. The busm en have stat ed that he str ike wi l cont inue unti l general agreement i s reached about pay and wor king condi ti ons. Most people bel ieve that the str ike wi l l ast f or at l east a week. Many owners of pr ivate cars ar e going t o off er 39。 answer ed Crawl ey, 39。Mr Lane was defeated i n the e l ect ions. He has r et ir ed fr om pol it ical if e and gone to l ive abroad ! 39。 I told you yester day and t he day bef or e yest erday, 39。s Radical Progressi ve Part y. Af ter t he el ect ions, Cr awley went t o the f ormer Pr ime Mini st er39。monsters39。s steam hamm er . Though i n t hose days, tr avel li ng was not as easy as i t is t oday, st eam boat s car ri ed thousands of visit ors across the Channel f rom Europe. On ar iving in England, they were taken to t he Crystal Palace by tr ain. Ther e wer e si x mi l ion vi si tor s in al l, and the prof it s fr om the exhi bit ion wer e used t o buil d museums and coll eges. Lat er, the Cr ystal Pal ace was m oved t o South London. I t remai ned one of t he most f amous bui ldings i n the wor ld unt il i t was bur nt down in 1936. Lesson81 Escape 脫逃 When he had kil led t he guar d, t he pri soner of war quickl y dragged hi m into the bushes. Worki ng rapidl y in the darknes, he soon changed i nt o t he dead man39。Ci garet te Smoki ng and Your Healt h39。s cr op bef ore t he Sept ember r ains. On the r ight, you can se Mr s Brabant e herself . She has been hel pi ng her husband f or thi rt y year s now. Mrs Brabant e is talking to t he manager of the l ocal factor y where t he cr op i s pr ocessed. This l ast scene shows you what wi l l happen at t he end of t he har vest : the f amous Cal abri an macar oni eati ng pet it ion ! Si gnor Frat el li , the present champion, has won it ever y year since 1961. And that ends our special bul le t in f or t oday, Thur sday, Apri l 1st . We are now ret ur ning you t o the st udi o.39。 sai d the voice of t he television announcer, 39。 in the snow. For tunately, a pil ot saw the signal and sent a mesage by radio to t he near est town. I t was not long befor e a heli copt er ar ri ved on t he scene to rescue t he sur vi vor s of t he plane crash. Lesson76 April Fools Day 愚人節(jié) 39。 lesson75 SOS 呼救信號 When a li ght pasenger pl ane f lew of f cour se som e ti me ago, i t cr ashed i n the m ount ai ns and i ts pi lot was kil led. The onl y pa senger s, a young woman and her t wo baby daught er s, wer e unhur t. I t was the mi ddl e of wi nt er. Snow l ay t hick on t he ground. The wom an knew that the near est vil lage was mi les away. When it gr ew dark. she t urned a suit case int o a bed and put t he chi ldr en inside it , coveri ng them wit h al t he cl othes she could fi nd. Dur ing t he night, it got ter ri bl y cold. The woman kept as ne ar as she coul d t o the chil dren and even tr ied to get i nt o t he case her sel f, but it was t oo sm al l. Earl y , next mor ni ng she heard planes passi ng over head and wondered how she coul d send a si gnal . Then she had an idea. She st am ped out the l et er s39。Wel l, I 39。 Oh, i s it ?39。m Rockwal Sli nger and t hi s i s Merl in Gr eeves.39。 don39。 Look, sheri f , 39。t r ead ! 39。 I 39。Now you gut out of her e, al l of you! 39。t we e mor e oft en ?39。 Bri nksl ey Meer s agreed. 39。 I t coul dn39。This i s a wonder f ul pl ace f or a piic,39。s son, Donald, also set up a wor ld record. Like hi s father , he was dr ivi ng a car cal ed Bluebir d. Lesson73 The record hol der 紀(jì)錄保持者 Lit tl e boys who pl ay tr uant f rom school ar e unim agi nat ive. A quiet day39。accur at e as wel . Of f icial s fr om Gr eenwi ch Observatory have t he cl o